A war faction infobox may be used to summarize information about a particular faction participating in a war; it should not be used for regular military units and formations (which should use {{infobox military unit}} instead). The infobox should be added using the {{infobox war faction}} template, as shown below:

Note: When using parameters, avoid the ambiguous abbreviation "N/A", and instead use "unknown" or "none". All subjective or qualitative judgements and numerical quantities or statistics must be cited to a reliable source (see WP:MILMOS#CITE).

name – the formal name of the faction.

native_name – the faction's name in their own language

native_name_lang – ISO 639-1 code e.g. "fr" for French. If more than one, use {{{2}}} for |native_name= instead

war – the war or wars in which the faction participated; for proper grammar, it may be necessary to insert "the" before the name.

image – optional – an image representative of the faction. The image must be given in the form [[Image:Example.jpg|300px]]; in particular, the thumb attribute must not be selected.

caption – optional – the text to be placed below the image.

ideology – optional – the ideology of the faction, if relevant.

active – the period during which the faction was active.

leaders – the leaders of the faction.

clans – optional – the clans or tribes the faction includes, if relevant.

headquarters – optional – the headquarters of the faction.

area – optional – the area in which the faction operated; a map may be included here, if one is available.

strength – optional – the number of personnel comprising the faction.

partof – optional – the larger group of which the faction is a part, if any.

previous – optional – the previous identity of the faction, or the factions from which it emerged.

next – optional – if the faction transformed into another one, the name of that faction.

allies – optional – the faction's allies in the war.

split – optional – parties that the faction has an split into.

opponents – optional – the faction's opponents in the war.

battles – optional – any notable battles or wars in which the unit participated. The decision of what constitutes a notable battle is left to the editors of the specific article.